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Azatutyun (24 December 2020)

Sargis Harutyunyan

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Thursday that the latest Armenian troop withdrawals resulting from the Russian-brokered ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone did not endanger the security of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.

Pashinian again sought to reassure Syunik’s population amid continuing street protests in Yerevan staged by opposition parties demanding his resignation.

Syunik borders the Zangelan and Kubatli districts southwest of Karabakh which were mostly recaptured by Azerbaijan during the recent war. Armenian army units and local militias completed late last week their withdrawal from parts of the districts close to the provincial capital Kapan and many other communities.

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